Search Context Events

[Scott]

I don't see any events, particularly client side events, associated with the new Search Context object.

What I would like to do is clear any typed text when the user chooses another item in the context list as I think this is more intuitive. 

Is there any way to detect a change of the Search Context selected item using script?

[Plamen]

Hi Scott,

Yes indeed in the current version of the SearchContext there aren't any predefined client events, however you can use some simple javascript to catch the click event of the item:

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function pageLoad() {
               var $ = $telerik.$;
               $(".rsbPopup ").on("click", ".rsbListItem", function (e) {
                   e.preventDefault();

                   var itemData = Telerik.Web.UI.RadSearchBox._getTarget(e)._item;
                   alert(itemData.get_text());
               });
           }

We also have plans for adding such event in the control. You can vote for this feature and follow it here.

Regards,
Plamen
Telerik

[Albert Shenker]

This handler also handles the search results item being selected, which obviously is not desirable. How can I only handle the SearchContext item being selected? Also, any update on when there might be some actual client-side handlers for search context instead of fragile hacks. Its kind of frustrating the feature was released without such obvious functionality.

[Plamen]

Hi Albert,

Thank you for the remark. Here is the updated code that handles only search context item click:

function pageLoad() {
            var $ = $telerik.$;
            $(".rsbSCSlide ").on("click", ".rsbListItem", function(e) {
                e.preventDefault();

                var itemData = Telerik.Web.UI.RadSearchBox._getTarget(e)._item;
                alert(itemData.get_text());
            });
        }

Regards,
Plamen
Telerik